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  • Black ScreenHi, Anyone know what would cause a 48k Spectrum to boot to a black screen? you can hear the internals buzzing at power up, but you just get a black…

    ... Spectrum to boot to a black screen?

    you can hear ... , but you just get a black screen. When the power or aerial ...
    Lunar_Jetman Lunar_Jetman September 2008 Hardware
  • Black screen of deathI recently aquired a zx spectrum (revision 3b) of the rubber key variety. it was all running smoothly(for about an hour after pluggin in), i left the…

    ... coffee and returned to a black screen.
    Restarting the device ... always left me with a black screen with some minor interferance.< ... problem , boot up to a black screen.
    ive done the ... no joy, still the same black screen with slight interferance (which ...
    nxgshadow nxgshadow June 2009 Hardware
  • Spectrum +2A -Black screen-When I turn on the power I get only black screen (full size) PSU is working (I even tried with my +3 PSU) RF-cable is working. What could be the pro…

    ... the power I get only black screen (full size)
    PSU is ... ?

    There is only black screen no more no less.
    Vipered80 Vipered80 January 2010 Hardware
  • Zx Spectrum 48k+ black screenHi A friend of mine gave me his 48k+ and when i tried to turn it on I just get a black screen of the TV. I don't have sound of the console. Where c…

    Hi

    A friend of mine gave me his 48k+ and when i tried to turn it on I just get a black screen of the TV.
    I don't have sound of the console.

    Where can I start searching for the problem?

    Thank you
    Trajano Trajano March 2011 Hardware
  • Black Screen Spectrum 48kWas working ok, it came to me in a Fuller FDS keyboard, I had a nose inside and found a floating power lead connected to the keyboard, I removed that…

    ... flash down the screen and it stops at the black screen....:(

    OttO OttO December 2013 Hardware
  • Issue 2 Spectrum - Black screenHi I have an issue 2 spectrum which I'm having some issues with. I bought it on ebay so have no idea of the history or how it came to be broken. Whe…

    ... with various output to the screen every time I turned the ... . either coloured garbage or back screen with thin red lines.
    black screen. You could almost say though ...
    whoremoan whoremoan November 2014 Hardware
  • Black screen on 48k+Hello peeps Just bought a 48k+ was working fine then after leaving it off over night I turned back on to get a total black screen, no border etc. …

    ... get a total black screen, no border etc. Just black all over.
    jamiejoe jamiejoe May 2016 Hardware
  • Magenta border and black screenGot my hands on a issue 3 48k machine. Did the initial resistance checks and everything seemed in order buy when I switch the machine on all I get is…

    ... is a magenta border and black screen with the odd bit of ... get any red garbage on screen at all.

    Anyone ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton September 2016 Hardware
  • Black screen on my 48k SpeccyHi! I have a problem with my 48k rubber key speccy. I keep getting this black screen with white stripes after the computer has been running for a w…

    ... .
    I keep getting this black screen with white stripes after the ... and then kaboom.
    The black screen does not go away until ...
    Sam Cruise Sam Cruise November 2017 Hardware
  • Black screen on a Spectrum?I'm looking at a Spectrum+ on eBay right now and the guy says when he plugs it in and turns it on, the screen is black. He says it's because a casset…

    ... and turns it on, the screen is black. He says it's ...
    Tupin Tupin November 2009 Hardware
  • Black paper, white border. Ram fault?We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working o…

    We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working one, and we got the same result.

    is this a ram fault? How can we check ram chips?
    Arda Arda December 2006 Hardware
  • 180 (loading screen)I've got an original version of 180 from BITD that I used to play to death ( on 48 and 128 ) but it never showed the loading screen when loading (bla…

    ... never showed the loading screen when loading (black screen until loaded).

    screen after all these years and ... that the 'no loading screen' version is not available for ...
    Nonsense in BASIC Nonsense in BASIC May 2011 Games
  • ZX81 with black screen and some white dots.Was gearing up to do a composite video mod on my ZX81, and today was going to be it. Unfortunate when started my ZX81 seems faulty. I get a back scre…

    ... faulty. I get a back screen with a couple dots where ...
    pmsr pmsr July 2012 Hardware
  • Spectrum 128K +2 (grey) faulty screenHi. Just got untested +2. Now I only get picture like this (Black screen, with two vertical very thin white lines): [url]http://aijaa.com/Nk93Ub[…

    ... only get picture like this (Black screen, with two vertical very thin ...
    Vipered80 Vipered80 February 2013 Hardware
  • Basic Screen Shadow QuestionHello, I've been porting a game to the Spectrum from another platform. So far so good and I have per pixel screen scrolling working really nicely …

    ... following correctly fills the screen with vertical lines. This ... /> ld c, 0 ; Screen Normal

    ... The following simply displays a black screen :( This is not correct ... ld c, 8 ; Screen Shadow
    call change_bank ...
    pointblnk pointblnk August 2016 Development
  • +2aI have a +2a and it wont boot properly get the white border with black square when first powerd on but then just goes into a black screen instead of …

    I have a +2a and it wont boot properly get the white border with black square when first powerd on but then just goes into a black screen instead of menu anyone have any thoughts or could help with the problem would be most appreciated
    mark mark November 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New SPIN Update released (v0.1c)Hi all (again)! Here's the release for SPIN 0.1c, as detailed in CSS: --------------------------------------- Spin gets another, much smaller …

    ... saved
    Fixed Pretty daft - "black Screen" bug

    Added Option ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2002 Emulators
  • Help please!!!Guys, Does anyone know how to load the Barry McGuigan Championship Boxing game in TZX format using the PC/Windows ZX-32 emulator? Using the ZX-32 em…

    ... up and stays in a black screen with a red border like ...
    -DaRK-RaiDeR- -DaRK-RaiDeR- April 2003 Games
  • Speccy +2 loading problemI've just purchased a Spectrum +2 off Ebay & noticed an error when loading some titles, particularly Knightlore & Jetman. Whilst there appears to be …

    ... the games once the title screen appears & you select the ... left with just a plain black screen. Any info would be greatly ...
    JezTear JezTear May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum +2 problem...I've just had a Spectrum go down on me (not that way TK, so don't try it...) I was playing a game with no problems for about 20 minutes, and the Spe…

    ... ....

    It does the black screen boot thing, then sometimes it ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • OopsToday is a sad day :confused: Poor old rubber keys has gone t**s up. :( All i get is a black screen with a white border. Any body got any ideas …

    ... /> All i get is a black screen with a white border.
    Saboteur Saboteur March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Highway Encounter and Spin.I downloaded a TZX of Highway Encounter from the TZX vault. When I try and load the game up in Spin (the version with rollback),I get a black screen,…

    ... with rollback),I get a black screen, with a yellow border and ...
    Vanamonde Vanamonde August 2004 Emulators
  • name that game It was definately a budget release a kind of future sports games with two robots maybe on wheels maybe floating where you had to shoot the ball int…

    ... into your opponents zone.
    black screen white graphics isometric angle
    chop983 chop983 February 2005 Games
  • Spectrum IC1'sHi, I got 2 version 6a's both of which i think have dodgy Ferranti ULA 6C001E-7 IC1's. One's keyboard doesn't respond (have tried different keyboard…

    ... just comes up with a black screen.
    So, I'm looking ...
    Ricey Ricey February 2005 Wanted
  • Q on Gauntlet 3.Hey ... I have a working copy of Gauntlet 3 for Atari ST (STEEM emu) and have been working on a map for the ST version. I DLed all 3 of the Gauntlet…

    ... load as far as the screen asking to flip the tape ... but then I get a black screen/reset.

    Spin 0 ... actual Speccy ... The character selection screen is garbled in all of ...
    Skarpo Skarpo April 2005 Games
  • Help! +3 won't work anymore!I've just set up my old +3 and it just won't work - it used to a few months ago but now it won't :( I'm in need of some expert help so here's the pr…

    ... the signal. There is some black screen but it is fuzzy. I ... a definte change in the screen so I'm sure I ... okay?

    The fuzzy screen bothers me too but as ...
    PrinceClumsy PrinceClumsy August 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Scanner problemI recently brought a cheap second hand scanner its a umax astra 2100U. It was fine for a week or so and then it started making a squeaking noise when…

    ... in paintshop its just a black screen. Does anyone know a remedy ...
    festershinetop festershinetop October 2005 Chit chat
  • sound input causing dead ula in +2 ?I have a dead +2a (it shows static black screen, no border see: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=9619&forum=4)"]http:/…

    ... dead +2a (it shows static black screen, no border see: [url="http ... TEA2000 chips, but no, screen is still black, it makes sense that ...
    Timppa Timppa November 2005 Hardware
  • Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…

    ... 8x8 pixel spaceship on the screen based upon x,y pixel ... : miniature Cybernoid in a totally black screen

    I have two ... /> 1/ Currently, I calculate the screen hl coordinates for each pixel ... errors due to the funky screen address system), but seems long ...
    48K 48K May 2006 Development
  • Repeatable notable game crashesHi, Is there a list of "repeatable, notable game crashes" ;) anywhere? From memory, I remember quite a few wtf? moments when playing Speccy games w…

    ... by the sight of the black screen as the Z80 decided to ...
    xenomorph xenomorph June 2006 Games
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